GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



E. R. ROOT A. I. ROOT H. H. ROOT J. T. CALVERT 



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Contents for June 15, 1916 



EDITORIAL 465 Holland, Notes from 481 



Bees and Cherry Crop 465 Extracting-house on Wheels 482 



Bees in Pound Packages 466 Swarming, Prevention of 483 



Honey Used by Soldiers 466 Camera, Glimpses of 483 



Spread of European Foul Brood 467 Extracted Honey of California 489 



Advertising, Fraudulent 467 Swarming in Out-apiaries 490 



Granulation of Comb Honey 467, 471 Queens Clipped on Both Sides 491 



Education Needed for Foul Brood 468 American Foul Brood 492 



STRAY STRAWS 469 Notes from Germany 494 



Cappings, to Drain. 469 Gravity for Straining Honey 495 



Dandelions, Beauty of 469 HEADS OF GRAIN 496 



Queens Prefer New- Combs 469 Increase by Feeding 496 



SIFTINGS 470 Spray on Cover Crops 497 



Drouths 470 Swarming with Clipped Queen 497 



Sweet Clover and Milk 470 Robbers, Fooling 498 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTH 471 Sections, Partly Pilled 498 



Honey, Cutting Price of 471 Queens, Wingless 499 



FLORIDA SUNSHINE 472 Bees and Bullets 500 



Palmettos in Florida 472 OUR HOMES 501 



Covers, Metal for 472 Kansas, Prohibition in 501 



BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA 473 War on Christian Principles 503 



Protits in Beekeeping 473 Trouble in Pullman Car 503 



CONVERSATIONS WITH DOOLITTLE .474 HIGH-PRESSURE GARDENING 504 



Queens, Clipping 474 Farm Periodicals 504 



Hives, Painting 475 Farming on Small Areas 504 



White Clover 476 Tillage, Proper 504 



European Foul Brood 479 Bugs, Squash and Melon 505 



Italians Immune to Foul Brond 479 Prickly Pear in Australia 506 



